Ven. Long Shan, Nepalese Thangka Shop Owner Confirm With Each Other for Return Visit
reported by: Liu Setiawan
Jakarta, March 11, 2024/Indonesia Media – Buddhist Caitya Maha GridjaKuta, at City Resort complex, Kamal Cengkareng street, Cengkareng district, west Jakarta received a visit from Hari Dawadi, a Nepalese thangka shop owner, and promised to each other for a return visit of Caitya’s devotees and Venerable (Ven.) Long Shan to Nepal next year. Hari Dawadi begged for the return visit, and promised to give a very warm welcome when Venerable Long Shan and the devotees arrive in Nepal. “By the time Master (Venerable Long Shan) and devotees arrive at the airport, just text or call me. I will pick and take you on trips, explain some details about Thangka,” said Hari Dawadi.
In Tibet and Nepal, Thangka Painting (Sacred Pictures) come in several forms, including wall paintings, thangkas (sacred pictures that can be rolled up), and miniatures for ritual purposes or for placement in household shrines. Some thangka artists travelled all over Tibet, working for monasteries as well as for private patrons. Thangkas were commissioned for many purposes—as aids to meditation, as requests for long life, as tokens of thanksgiving for having recovered from illness, or to accumulate merit. “All of them (thangka paintings), mostly are made with high-quality. We have resources, including Lama (teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism) and artists. The Senior Lama will teach painting Thangka either for junior monks or beginners,” said Hari Dawadi.
Meanwhile, Venerable Long Shan said that he and the devotees had visited India, Tibet, Nepal on pilgrimage. During the visit, he found so many gift shops and bought some Thangka. That is habitual, when visiting some Buddhist destination either in China, Taiwan, Nepal, India, Tibet, Thailand, he often brings gifts that can be given or shown for devotees. “I bought Thangka, and just hung it on the walls when organizing big prayer ceremonies in this Caitya Maha GridjaKuta. After we finish the prayer ceremonies, I have to put them back. So far, I just have three thangka. We cannot hang so many thangka occupying our Caitya, it would be too crowded,” said Venerable Long Shan. (LS/IM)
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